A remarkable, four-bedroom French Provincial-style family home in Melbourne's Manningham is for sale through Spiro Drossos of Barry Plant Doncaster East or Mark Di Giulio of Barry Plant Doncaster East.

To take advantage of New York’s prewar history while offering the conveniences of a top 21st-century condo, developers are using some of the city’s historic housing stock to create what are essentially new buildings in old shells.